if you like the pogues you may also like........

[carmen]

BMG: i think shane also said "is that me?' when he heard "THE GREENLAND WHALE FISHERS". that guy Avril sure does sound like him....but theres only one S hane

[Markjh1970]

Maybe missed them but the Flogging Molly albums are fucking great and they're touring this November. I'll be at the London show in my 1988 Pogues tour shirt and intend to be in the thcik of it. Gla dto see The Men They Couldn't Hang get a mention as well; often forgotten but they made some fine records. And let us not forget Gaz Mayall and his Trojans with their mighty Gelic Ska Beats; skanksville!

[soulfinger]

Gla dto see The Men They Couldn't Hang get a mention as well; often forgotten but they made some fine records.

That they did, thanks for the reminder - Night of a thousand candles had some good tunes .......am now off to search in the loft for dusty vinyl..........

[Markjh1970]

Was thinking some more about this last night as we're planning a school reunion at the moment. Bands we (me and my two other mates who were obsessed with the Pogues as 15/16 year olds in 1986) liked at the same time were:

Waterboys
Men They Couldn't Hang
Go Betweens
Long Ryders
Lone Justice
REM (early)
Billy Bragg
Trojans

Of course the Pogues were ALWAYS top of the list, especially for those few years. I think the beginning of the end for me was the Reading Festival in 1989 when I actually left the arena. I saw them three times in 1988 and they were awesome every time. But by 1989 things had changed ... it took three or four years for them to rise again for me and they have been with me ever since.